> the thing is, if i was going to gravitate towards either not mixing or > having deejays play individual audio parts from a track, i would > definitely be on the side of not mixing. but i dont think it needs to > be that cut and dry. i think it is way too far to the other extreme to > just be playing little audio bits. and i dont think any deejay > anywhere is better at arrangement and composition than the producers > of awesome records. if a deejay is having problems being creative with > other peoples' records, that sounds like their own personal problem. > maybe they should become producers themselves and put the work and > effort into making quality tracks! it is not easy. > > tom >
When I read the article, especially the bit about being able to select bits of tracks, I immediately thought of 'Closer to the Edit' which (for me) actually diminished the tracks that comprised it. While some people do a great job of mixing fragments of audio together (and there are plenty of amazing Ableton mixes out there which do just that) I think there is something to be said about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. I am not criticising Richie (other than saying CE didn't do it for me but is that his fault?) or cut-and-paste mixing. There are just a lot of points being made which resonate with what I have been thinking recently. One side of minimal removes elements in order to produce something more. And then there is the other side which seems to remove good stuff for the hell of it. N
